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WATCH: Newark Officers Talk Suicidal Man Off Route 78 Overpass (Video) WATCH: Newark Officers Talk Suicidal Man Off Route 78 Overpass (Video)
Watch: Newark Officers Talk Suicidal Man Off Route 78 Overpass (Video) A video shows the moments Newark police officers rescued a suicidal man from a Route 78 overpass. The officers responded to an area underneath overpass at Watson and Elizabeth avenues where the distraught man was found perched on the overpass ready to jump around 11:30 p.m. May 4, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The man can be heard in the 2-minute and 44-second video shouting he wanted to end his life because he was unemployed. A calm officer explains the department has services to help him find a job.  After nearly two minutes, he agrees, and officers help h…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
SEEN HER? Police Seek Missing Newark Girl, 13 SEEN HER? Police Seek Missing Newark Girl, 13
Seen HER? Police Seek Missing Newark Girl, 13 Police in Newark are turning to the public in locating a 13-year-old girl. Lalilani Vargas was reported missing from the 100 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard Monday, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Lalilani was last seen at 7:40 p.m., wearing a black and yellow plaid shirt, brown crop top, light denim jean jacket, black Nike sneakers, black small nap sack with red lips on it and a black baseball cap. She may have been headed to Queens, NY via public transportation. Director Ambrose urges anyone with information on the whereabouts of Lalilani Vargas to ca…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
HEROES: Newark Police Body Cam Footage Shows Officers Rescuing Resident, 76, From Fire HEROES: Newark Police Body Cam Footage Shows Officers Rescuing Resident, 76, From Fire
Heroes: Newark Police Body Cam Footage Shows Officers Rescuing Resident, 76, From Fire Police body camera footage shows Newark officers rescuing a 76-year-old resident from a 2-alarm weekend fire that left four families homeless. A 1-minute video released by the Newark Police Division shows Officer Roberto Vera instructing the woman to get on his shoulders before carrying her down three flights of stairs as the fire tore through 45 North 6th St., around 1:45 a.m. Saturday. Vera and Newark Officer Alicia Lauderdale responded to the call and canvassed the area for victims who needed to be evacuated. After knocking on apartment doors, the officers found the 76-year-old woman on…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Authorities: Newark Men Who Robbed Internet Dirt Bike Sellers At Gunpoint Busted With Heroin Authorities: Newark Men Who Robbed Internet Dirt Bike Sellers At Gunpoint Busted With Heroin
Authorities: Newark Men Who Robbed Internet Dirt Bike Sellers At Gunpoint Busted With Heroin Three Newark men and a teen who robbed sellers they met online at gunpoint were busted with heroin by police arresting them, authorities said Friday. Najee Carney, 19, Christian Carnegie, 19, Al-Tamir Mayweathers, 18, and a 15-year old boy agreed to purchase merchandise from someone they met online last month, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Carney, Carnegie, Mayweathers and the teen robbed the victims at gunpoint, once on Sept. 10 and again on Sept. 29, Ambrose said. In at least one of the incidents, the men robbed the victims of dirt bikes, Ambrose said. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
‘Dedicated, Faithful’ Newark Police Veteran Killed By Coronavirus ‘Dedicated, Faithful’ Newark Police Veteran Killed By Coronavirus
‘Dedicated, Faithful’ Newark Police Veteran Killed By Coronavirus A Newark police veteran who served the public faithfully for 26 years died of complications from COVID-19, officials said Friday. Officer Michael Conners, 58, a grandfather of six, succumbed to the illness Thursday night at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Mayor Ras Baraka and Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. last night at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, according to his family. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Officer Conners,” Ambrose said. “He was an integral part of our Police Division’s family. We all knew him as a dedicated public servant who served faithfully for 26 yea…

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by Jerry DeMarco